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  1. Many would say that Mitt Romney is the best candidate for office–the most experienced and knowledgable, a quality marriage, an upstanding family, etc.

    My dad (a Mormon) use to tell me when I was younger that to vote for a candidate on conscious that is not likely to win is a vote for the opposing candidate.

    After all anyone is better than Hillary Clinton. So just vote for who can beat her.

    All of the above arguements I have heard by a fair amount of
    evangelicals.

    Even so…

    Is Mr. Romney really that smart (experienced and knowledgable) if he doesn’ see the inconsistencies in the history and theology of his faith?

    He has been married (without divorce) a long time…a good display of character…but could his beliefs (based on a works righteousness) play into this?

    Mr. Romney is pro-life – Yes…or No. It was sure conveinent how that changed as of recent. We may only get to choose our top issue when selecting a candidate. I think that issue may be abortion. I am not so sure though that Mr. Romney can be taken at his word.

    Please don’t misunderstand me. It doesn’t really matter what candidate we get into office until we get rid of our pantheon of gods–Jesus of whom is only one of many. Sounds like Rome to me. This is not advocacy for the religious right, but to say that we are no longer a country that is standing on the Word of God, and the God of the Word.

    This is the only thing that will make a difference!

  3. Seth,

    For clarification–my point was not that Mormons worship a pantheon of gods (although they are polytheists).

    Rather my point was that once in our nation’s capitol the Word of God (the Bible) was considered authoritative.

    Today, in our post modern relativistic soceity Jesus and the Bible are only considered one source of authority on the same level as other claimed authorities.

    Regards,
    Scott

  5. Seth,

    The term henotheism is a term that was developed by Friedrich Max Müller, who lived from December 6, 1823 – October 28, 1900.

    The question for the LDS in accordance with the idea of henotheism is the following…

    Which god do they worship and which gods do they not worship, but acknowledge the existence of

    What is your background Seth? Are you LDS? I am no longer LDS.

    Under HIS Grace,
    Scott

  6. Seth, welcome to Scott B., another postMormon that is now fully believing in the doctrines of historical Christianity.

    Now we are acquainted.

    Sometime, in the future, I hope to do an interview with Scott as well.

  7. Scott, I’m a lifetime member and still firmly committed to Mormonism. You can follow my linked name to the blog I’m a contributor at and I’ve got a profile there. I’ve been a regular in the Mormon blogging community for about 3 and 1/2 years now.

    The Mormons worship God the Father. Period. Possibly Jesus Christ too, depending on which Mormons you are talking to. And even then, you have to probe a bit to find out how they really feel about Jesus before you can really draw any conclusions as to whether “worship” is the correct term. I don’t know any Mormons who “worship” the Holy Ghost. For myself, it’s God the Father only. Christ is one that I reverence and rely on, but only as subordinate to the Father (which I imagine is different than how Evangelicals see it).

    We Mormons may allow for the existence of other gods in the universe, but we only worship Eloheim, God the Father. We know nothing of the other “gods,” nor do we care to.

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